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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-09-05more like thismore than 2022-09-05
answering body
Department for International Trade more like this
answering dept id 202 more like this
answering dept short name International Trade more like this
answering dept sort name International Trade more like this
hansard heading Developing Countries Trading Scheme more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to her Department’s announcement of the updated Developing Countries Trading Scheme on 15 August 2022, which product lines continue to have tariffs for Low Income Countries and Lower-Middle Income Countries to avoid preference erosion for Least Developed Countries. more like this
tabling member constituency Islington South and Finsbury more like this
tabling member printed
Emily Thornberry more like this
uin 47475 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-09-26more like thismore than 2022-09-26
answer text <p>The Developing Countries Trading Scheme is one of the most generous trade preferences schemes in the world and provides duty free access on everything but arms to Least Developed Counties.</p><p> </p><p>During the consultation into the scheme in 2021, the majority of respondents that raised the issue of preference erosion for Least Developed Countries did not specify individual product lines of concern. Those that did, highlighted the following product lines: cocoa, sugar and bananas.</p><p> </p><p>Tariffs remain unchanged for non-Least Developed Countries within the scheme on these product lines.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East more like this
answering member printed James Duddridge remove filter
grouped question UIN 47474 more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-09-26T14:57:10.737Zmore like thismore than 2022-09-26T14:57:10.737Z
answering member
1559
label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge more like this
tabling member
1536
label Biography information for Emily Thornberry more like this